#48439: port selfupdate - privileges error message ------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: grunermonzon@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Low | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.3 Keywords: selfupate, permissions | Port: ------------------------------------+-------------------------------- When trying to run selfupdate without the appropriate privileges, a cryptic message prints out: {{{ ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync receiving file list ... done rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/.base.tar.d146Xp" failed: Permission denied (13) inflate returned -3 (19 bytes) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/token.c(419) [receiver=2.6.9] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (31 bytes received so far) [generator] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/io.c(453) [generator=2.6.9] Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs Exit code: 12 Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide: http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed }}} Other commands, such as install, perform a safe check before and print out a nice message {{{ Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix. }}} I thought it would be a nice enhancement to check for the appropriate privileges when running self update, such as install does. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48439> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X